Guarded vs. Reserved — What's the Difference?

"Guarded" is a song by American heavy metal band Disturbed. It was released on June 28, 2005, as a promotional single for their third studio album, Ten Thousand Fists.

Reserved is a Polish clothing store chain, part of LPP, which has more than 1,700 stores located in 20 countries.

Protected; defended.

Slow to reveal emotion or opinions

Watched over; supervised.

Kept specially for a particular person

Cautious; restrained

Designated as unavailable except for a certain purpose or user; kept in reserve

Simple past tense and past participle of guard

Given to or marked by self-restraint and reticence

Cautious; restrained.

Simple past tense and past participle of reserve

Watched over; supervised.

(comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

When the practitioner formulating the opinion does not have enough information to know, or to foretell, what the outcome may be.

(not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose.

Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.

Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.

Very reluctant to give out information

Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.

Prudent;

Set aside for the use of a particular person or party

Marked by self-restraint and reticence;

Cool and formal in manner